Jaembaeok

Key Information

• 🏅 Selected by the Blue Ribbon Survey · Founded in 1933
• 🍲 Signature menu: Seolleongtang · Ox Knee Soup · Suyuk
• 🥢 Solo dining welcome · Free parking
• 🕐 Weekdays 10 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. · Saturdays 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

🏅 Blue Ribbon–Selected Seolleongtang Institution Since 1933: Jaembaeok

We confidently recommend Jaembaeok, a long-standing seolleongtang restaurant in Seosomun selected by the Blue Ribbon Survey, for anyone who wants to taste traditional beef soup served for more than 90 years since 1933.

If you are staying around City Hall or Deoksugung Palace, we recommend Jaembaeok in Seosomun near City Hall Station for a hearty meal before or after a palace stroll.

The signature seolleongtang, made with quality beef, is clean and free of any gamey smell, and the milky, rich ox knee soup is also a pride of the house.

It comes with kimchi, crunchy radish kimchi and refreshing white kimchi, and tender boiled beef and a mixed hot pot with oxtail and ox knee are great for groups.

Why Locals Love It

• 🏅 Proven quality — selected by the Blue Ribbon Survey
• 🏛️ History — a long-standing restaurant since 1933
• 🍲 Broth — clean seolleongtang with no gamey smell
• 🥬 Sides — kimchi, radish kimchi and white kimchi

Tips for Foreign Visitors

• 🚇 It is about a 2-minute walk from Exit 9 of City Hall Station
• 🍲 First time? Try seolleongtang or ox knee soup
• 🥢 Dining alone is comfortable here
• 🕐 On Saturdays it is open only from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• 🚗 Free parking is available